Jan Laštůvka

Jan Laštůvka

Personal information
Full name	Jan Laštůvka
Date of birth	7 July 1982 (1982-07-07)
Place of birth	Havířov, Czechoslovakia
Height	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Club information
Current club	FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
Number	27
Youth career
1992–1999	FC Karviná
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1999–2000	FC Karviná	3	(0)
2000–2004	FC Baník Ostrava	79	(0)
2004–2009	FC Shakhtar Donetsk	37	(0)
2006–2007	→ Fulham (loan)	8	(0)
2007–2008	→ VfL Bochum (loan)	25	(0)
2008–2009	→ West Ham United (loan)	0	(0)
2009–	FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	52	(0)
National team‡
1998–1999	Czech Republic U-16	4	(0)
1999–2000	Czech Republic U-17	10	(0)
2000–2001	Czech Republic U-18	3	(0)
2002	Czech Republic U-20	1	(0)
2002–2003	Czech Republic U-21	17	(0)
2011–	Czech Republic	1	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 5 November 2011. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 3 September 2011

Jan Laštůvka (born 7 July 1982 in Havířov) is a Czech football goalkeeper who currently plays for FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk.

Career

Laštůvka started his career at Czech side FC Karviná and moved in summer 2000 to FC Baník Ostrava for four years. In 2003 he won the Talent of the Year award at the Czech Footballer of the Year awards. He won the Czech championship with Baník in the 2003-2004 season.

Shakhtar Donetsk

The next step in his career was Ukrainian top club Shakhtar Donetsk. He played a couple of Champions-League and UEFA Cup-matches with this time.

Fulham

He joined Fulham on 31 August 2006, just prior to the close of the transfer window. He made his Fulham league debut on 2 December 2006 in a 2–0 loss against Blackburn Rovers.

On 1 January 2007 he came on as a second half substitute for the injured Antti Niemi against Watford, where throughout the game the Fulham fans cheered his every kick or save, as they feared he would make a mistake and cost them the game. The game ended 0-0. He left Fulham after manager Lawrie Sanchez decided not to pay the asking fee Shakhtar wanted for Laštůvka.

VfL Bochum

Ukrainian League regulations called for all tems to field at least four domestic players each match, and so Shakhtar loaned Laštůvka to German side VfL Bochum until the end of the 2007-2008 season as a replacement for compatriot Jaroslav Drobný, who left the club for Hertha BSC Berlin.

Laštůvka started the season as first-choice keeper, but after some mistakes his position was threatened by the reserve keepers. After an injury, third-choice keeper René Renno got his place. Renno started quite well but also made some mistakes before the winter break, so coach Marcel Koller claimed that all three keepers started at zero in the preparations for the second season half. After the winter break Laštůvka was first-choice again and started with a very good match against Werder Bremen, which was rewarded with a nomination in the "Team of the Day" by Germany's leading football magazine Der Kicker. At the end of the season Bochum were interested in signing him, but, due to the 4 million Euro transfer fee, they decided to sign Portuguese keeper Fernandes from PAOK F.C. instead.

West Ham United

On 3 August 2008 Laštůvka signed for West Ham on a year-long loan deal. He made his debut for West Ham United in a Football League Cup 3rd Round tie away defeat at Watford on 23 September. On 26 May 2009 it was announced that Laštůvka was returning to Shakhtar Donetsk, having made only one appearance for West Ham.

Dnipro

On 4 August 2009 Laštůvka signed a three-year deal with Ukrainian team FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk for €3 million.

International career

Laštůvka was called up to the Czech Republic national football team for the first time in May 2010. He made his full debut at Hampden Park against Scotland in a UEFA Euro 2012 qualifier on 3 September 2011.

External links

• Jan Laštůvka international stats at the Czech Football Association website (Czech)
• Jan Laštůvka career stats at Soccerbase